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On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Anoa Changa, lawyer and host of “The Way with Anoa" and Donna Davis, Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter Tampa, to talk about Donald Trump's first State of the Union Address, his exploitation of parent's mourning the loss of their children, using them as political props, the lackluster Democratic response from Congressman Joe Kennedy III, and whether the Congressional Black Caucus's wearing of Kente cloth was an effective act of resistance. In the third segment "By Any Means Necessary" is joined by Robert Dunham, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center, to discuss Florida death row inmate Timothy Lee Hurst, the Supreme Court's ruling in 2016 that Florida's unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional, and the case of Alabama death row inmate Vernon Madison who was given reprieve after being diagnosed with dementia. Later in the show Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Ra Shad Frazier-Gaines, Founder of the Black Progressives to talk about the State of the Union address, whether or not more Congresspeople should have protested the speech, rapper DMX's ongoing legal troubles, the latest on net neutrality, the decision of Congressman Trey Gowdy to not run for re-election, and what the Nunes memo on the FBI may reveal.

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On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by João Coimbra Sousa, lawyer and member of Brazilian Expats for Democracy and Social Justice, to talk about the murder of Marielle Franco, the mass protests that have resulted from her murder, and the role of state sanctioned police murders.In a special sec ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Frank Lara, San Francisco teacher and activist with the ANSWER Coalition, to talk about the police murder of 19 year old Jesus Adolfo Delgado-Duarte, the ways police intimidate politicians and community members to hide evidence in police killings, the rac ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, and board member of Institute for Policy Studies, to talk about the shifts in the global world order most recen ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Canada based writer, organizer and educator Kimalee Phillip to talk about the election results on the Caribbean island Grenada, what the New National Party's victory means for Grenadians, the concerns around the privatization of land and resources, ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Brian Becker, host of Loud and Clear on Radio Sputnik, to talk about the firing of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, the move to replace Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo and what the changes will mean for the Iran Deal.In a special second ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by James Jordan, National Co-Coordinator for the Alliance for Global Justice to talk about election results in Colombia, the unrest around FARC's involvement in the elections, and the lack of Western media coverage of the election.In a special second s ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by John Feffer, author and director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies to talk about what to expect from possible talks between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, if Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been s ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Greg Palast, who is the author of several New York Times bestsellers including "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" and "Armed Madhouse" to talk about the ongoing lawsuit by the ACLU against the state of Kansas and Secretary of State Kris Kobach chall ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Jai Sen, Editor of the two part series The Movements of Movements: Part 1: What Makes Us Move? (Challenging Empires) and The Movements of Movements, Part 2: Rethinking Our Dance to talk about how movements form and interplay around the world, the un ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Ben Dixon, Host of "The Benjamin Dixon Show" to talk about the ongoing West Virginia teacher's strike and if a deal is on the way, what a strike in a right-to-work state like West Virginia will mean for the upcoming midterm elections, the efforts to ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Dan Kovalik, author of “Plot to Scapegoat Russia" and United Steel Worker member to talk about the Trump Administration's call for steel tariffs and what it will mean for steel towns, US manufactures and consumers. The group also talks about the lat ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Richard Becker, author of “Palestine, Israel and the US Empire” to talk about the upcoming American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington, D.C. on March 3rd and 4th, the large number of liberal Democrats speaking at the co ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Washington, D.C.-based anti racism and police accountability activist Brendan Orsinger to talk about his blocking on twitter by DC police chief Peter Newsham, efforts to keep police accountable to the public, and the white savior complex many police ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by John Kiriakou, co-Host of Radio Sputnik's 'Loud and Clear' to talk about a Virginia federal judge's ruling that the private military contractor CACI Premier Technology may be sued for its role in torture that took place at Abu Ghraib prison, what th ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Dr. Bill Honigman, California State Coordinator and Co-coordinator of the Healthcare as a Human Right Issue Organizing Team for Progressive Democrats of America to talk about the California Democratic Party deciding to not endorse longtime Senator D ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Ben Woods, an organizer with Pan-African Community Action, to talk about what to expect from new South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the rise of Economic Freedom Fighters Party in the country, and the future of the African National Congress.In ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Elizabeth Davis, President, Washington Teacher's Union to talk about the resignation of Washington, D.C. School Chancellor Antwan Wilson, the current crisis of leadership in DC, children having a right to attend their neighborhood schools, the high ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by criminologist Phil Stinson, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Bowling Green State University, to discuss whether the Baltimore Police Department should disband and be restructured following the corruption trial, sex abuse of women in police ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Anoa Changa, lawyer, organizer and host of “The Way With Anoa,” to talk about Bernie Sanders caving to the Russiagate narrative on Meet The Press and the implications for the progressive movement as the Vermont senator maneuvers towards the Democrat ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Moroni Benally, co-founder of the Utah League of Native American Voters, to talk about Mitt Romney's announcement that he will run for US Senate, the high level of excitement in the state around long term Senator Orin Hatch's retirement, the current ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Briana Cartwright, Lawyer and Former Chairwoman of the National Labor Caucus of the Young Democrats of America and Ricky Nettina, Former President of Florida Young Democrats to talk about the mass shooting at Douglass High School in Parkland, Florid ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by James Jordan, National Co-Coordinator for the Alliance for Global Justice, to talk about latest developments in the ongoing peace process in Columbia, the groups who are trying to spoil the efforts to form a unified country, the recent rise of fight ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Ariel Gold, National Co-Director for CODEPINK to talk about Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked arguing that the country needed to maintain its Jewish majority at the expense of Palestinian human rights, the closed-door trial of Palestinian teena ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Dr. Bill Honigman, California State Coordinator and Co-coordinator of the Healthcare as a Human Right Issue Organizing Team for Progressive Democrats of America, to talk about Donald Trump's new budget and its impact on the American healthcare syste ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Lilia Alvarez, Director of Legal Services, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) to talk about the implications of upcoming legislation on DACA, Dreamers and immigration in general.In the second segment Dan Kovalik, author of the “Plot to Scape ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined John Qua, Organizer with Global Zero's Beyond the Bomb Campaign to talk about the United States' Nuclear Posture Review, efforts by the Trump Administration to increase the budget of an already inflated US Nuclear Budget, and the dangers of promoting ' ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by James Early, Former Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, and board member of Institute for Policy Studies, to talk about Donald Trump's desire to have a large military ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Giran Ozcan, Representative to the United States of Turkey's Peoples' Democratic Party to talk about the Turkish military campaign against the Kurdish-held Afrin region in northern Syria, what Turkey will do with its own Kurdish population, and the ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Sathya Vatti, Student and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to talk about the latest developments around the attacks on the Rohingya in Myanmar, the sexual and human rights abuses against the group and the ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Sputnik News Analyst Grant Ferowich to talk about Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase working together to provide their U.S. workers and families another option on health insurance. The group also talks about the urgency around preventive ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston and Dr. Wilmer Leon, host of Inside the Issues on Sirius/XM Channel 126, syndicated columnist and author of Politics: Another Perspective, to tal ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Anoa Changa, lawyer and host of “The Way with Anoa" and Donna Davis, Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter Tampa, to talk about Donald Trump's first State of the Union Address, his exploitation of parent's mourning the loss of their children, using them as ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Baltimore-based activist Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West,to talk about the latest revelations around criminal activity by Baltimore Police Department, the firing of Baltimore Police Chief Kevin Davis, how illegal activities by police have playe ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Dane Figueroa Edidi, Black, Cuban, Indigenous, Nigerian trans woman, performance artist, playwright and advocate to talk about the Grammy Awards and the relationship between pop culture and social movements, the efforts to address larger issues of s ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Anoa Changa, lawyer and host of “The Way with Anoa" and 21st Century Race man Mondale Robinson of the Conyers Institute to talk about Donald Trump and the White House's immigration proposal, why Puerto Rico still doesn't have electricity and the Ohi ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Aja Taylor, Advocacy Director at Bread for the City, and Sputnik News Analyst Bob Schlehuber to talk about the new report highlighting increases in police brutality cases in Washington D.C., the school attendance scandal rocking the Nation's capital ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Corey Ramsden, Vice President of Go Solar Programs at Solar United Neighbors, to talk about Donald Trump imposing up to a 30% tariff on solar energy equipment, the cost increase it will impose on residential systems, if the tariff will increase dome ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Nizar Farsakh, former member of the Palestinian negotiation team, to talk about Mike Pence's visit to Jerusalem, Arab MPs being ejected from the Knesset for protesting Pence's speech, and the ideological drivers behind the Trump/Pence administration ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors to talk about the focus of the Black Lives Matter movement, the role of pop culture in advancing the movement's mission, the need to take on the Department of Justice's War on Drugs and her new book co- ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Sam Menefee-Libbey of DC Legal Posse to talk about the Justice Department dropping charges against 129 people involved in the J20 Inaugural Day protests, what to expect in the trials of the final 59 protesters, and the staggering level of involvemen ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Dan Kovalik, author of the “Plot to Scapegoat Russia," to talk about Steve Bannon using executive privilege while talking to the US Congress, the way Hollywood has help spur Russia-gate, and the ways Russian media has been censored by those advocati ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Anoa Changa, lawyer and host of “The Way with Anoa" to talk about the latest developments in the police murder of University student Jamarion Robinson in East Point, Georgia. Jamarion Robinson was shot 76 times by US Marshalls in 2016, and his mothe ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by John Kiriakou, co-host of "Loud and Clear" on Radio Sputnik, to talk about the FBI warning Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner that Wendi Deng Murdoch, ex-wife of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, is a Chinese spy, the ways in which the FBI can ruin lives by ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Stuart Anderson, Founder and Executive Director of Family and Friends of Incarcerated People and the co-coordinator for the Washington D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade to talk about the 12th Annual event, the legacy of Dr. King Jr., ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by John Kiriakou, co-host of "Loud and Clear" on Radio Sputnik, to talk about the efforts to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Democrats full embrace of the Bush era spying bill and encroachment of civil libertie ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Alex Vitale, professor and author of the recent book “The End of Policing” to talk about the high rate of police killings in the United States, the need to pass policy and legislation to help curb police use of force, the falsehood of former FBI Dir ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Noelle Hanrahan, Director of Prison Radio and co writer and producer of the documentary “Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary”, to talk about the deteriorating health of US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, the perverse incentives by prisons not to ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Ben Dixon, Host of "The Benjamin Dixon Show" to talk about the Golden Globes Award ceremony, if Oprah will run for President in 2020, and the normalization and commodification of political protests. The group also talks about Donald Trump's continue ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Maxime Perrotin, a Sputnik News Correspondent in France, to talk about French President Emmanuel Macron's 'fake news' bill aimed at censoring Russian media outlets and what if any backlash Macron will face for expanding government censorship in the ...…

On this episode of "By Any Means Necessary" hosts Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by activists Leila Zand and writer David Shams to talk about the recent protests in Iran, what spurred the initial taking to streets and what the protests have evolved into, and the day to day political, social, and economic conditions in Iran. The gro ...…

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